I was completely wrong about the William/Man in Black plot twist in season one, so any speculation I make I try to remember that I’d be a lousy detective in real life.

But I still think the basic plot is that Arnold thought the hosts deserved a chance to be free and that Ford decided that he was right after his suicide, but that Ford was a really messed up guy and had a very convoluted, tough-love way of making that happen.

Delos are the fly in that ointment, the spanner in those works, and William is the personification of that, especially for Ford.

And Ford was enough of an asshole to jeopardise the whole thing just to mess with William, after death.

I don’t think Delos, the corporation, have any idea that Ford was planning any of this,

Or that he is using her as a carrier, to distribute code to the other parks during her quest for her daughter. (“Your daughter is in another park”).

If Ford runs all 6 parks he could have done that from a computer terminal.

There’s nothing in Meave’s actions that suggest she’s making converts for the revolution. I really think the quest for her daughter was the first real glimpse of independence from programming. Arnold didn’t make them independent with his maze, Ford did simply through their ongoing learning experience. I think she’s the only one who’s truly freed herself from her code. There’s no advantage to her searching for her daughter otherwise.